"The lives of characters who experience pain, hardship, or suffering in works of literature often change as a result." The quote explains how through problems and overcoming them, a new person/character will appear. In Shakespeare's greatest love story of all time, Romeo and Juliet, deals with the price of love. Unfortunately, for Romeo and Juliet, the price is death. Shakespeare made use of language, symbols and characterization to express the themes of love and death featured significantly in Romeo and Juliet.

Juliet, a complex character who has a versatile personality. Shakespeare uses her qualities to identify her youth. The way Juliet reacts to her first true love shows how pure and innocent she really is. Expressing her feelings in the balcony scene shows how she could not express her true feelings straight to Romeo's face. Romeo begins to illustrate how he sees their love genuine, and she...